A lone young woman with red, just past the shoulder length hair, sat in her room. She lived with her mother above a jewellery store by the name of OSAP. Her mother, Jenna Baker, was a very popular sales lady. She was a single mother raising her only daughter who was soon turning eighteen, Molly Baker. Since turning seventeen, the relationship between mother and daughter had turned sour and no one ever knew why. Jenna Baker was too busy to answer the question and Molly would only answer as ‘don’t want to talk about it.’ A short time ago, to get away from people, Molly had gotten a job at a wax museum, which was only two blocks from the apartment.

Tonight was Molly’s night off and she trying to decide on what to do. No one understood her anymore, especially when it came to her not wanting to stay at home. Some days she would hang with her friend Serena, but not very often anymore. From the time they were small children, they were best friends but she wasn’t sure if she should call Serena that anymore. Serena had lied to her. Molly had asked once if Serena was Sailor Moon and she answered no. Then a day came when Molly was forced to learn Sailor Moon’s true identity and the identities of the other Sailor Scouts. From that moment on, people would often find Molly and Serena arguing.

Molly didn't want to go the museum, but when she heard her mother come up the stairs from being down in the store, she had no choice. Her mother walked down the hall to Molly's room. Molly had to act quickly. She looked around for her sneakers and grabbed them from beside her bed. When her mother walked in Molly had on one sneaker and just putting on the other.

"Mother, don't you knock?" Molly angrily demanded.

"Where are you going?" her mother asked in the same tone. She gave Molly a good look over. Molly wore a dark pair of demin capris and a white T-shirt. "You are never home."

"Wake up. I'm eighteen. Most people are out at eighteen. I'm just waiting to have enough money to get an apartment. And if you want to know, I have a date," Molly lied. Damn, she thought, I'm acting like Neflite when he lied. Oh how I wish he was here and alive. She wanted to tell her mother off.

"Well, then, isn't Melvin coming to get you?"

Oh yeah, Melvin and I decided to just be friends. She doesn't know that and it's staying that way. Molly grabbed a nice blue sweater from the bed and her purse. The days were hot and the nights were cool. "This is the nineties. Time to wake up and get with program. We're meeting at the café." As Molly headed for the door, her mother snatched her arm. Molly, then shoved her mother into the door with her other hand and left.

"Why?" Mrs. Baker said. It was the only word she could think of.

* * * * * * * *

Molly walked down the stairs and heard her mother's cry. "Why?"

Oh, you know why. She walked down to the garage, not knowing that she was being followed. She had major problems and her mother, Jenna, was the cause. One thing kept her happy -- she had her driver's license and a car. Her late father, who died three years ago, had willed her his life savings to do whatever she wanted with, which was buy a car. She was saving the rest of the money to help get herself an apartment.

The car was a 1996 green-blue convertible Ferrari. The car reminded her of Neflite. He drove a Ferrari. She didn't know if he had owned a luxury Ferrari like hers. Her car was fully loaded with luxurious equipment. As she sat in the car, a calming aroma surrounded her. She smelt a faint perfume in the car. It smelt like cologne Neflite always wore when he was close to her. But how could that be, he was dead.

When Molly left, she didn’t see someone climb into a vehicle and began to tail her. She pulled into the `Paradise Café' parking lot without noticing Melvin's car. She got out, locked the car, and strolled over to the entrance of the café, where her mother stopped her by grabbing her arm.

"I want a straight answer. Why?"

"Mother?” Molly snapped. “Can't you leave me alone for once!"

Before anything further could be said, Melvin stepped outside for a moment and saw them.

"Melvin, there you are." Molly jumped. God was on her side.

"Molly?"

Molly snapped her arm away and ran into Melvin's arms. "Go along. Please," she whispered.

Melvin placed his arm around Molly's waist. Molly was trembling as they walked into the café, leaving Jenna dumbfound.

"Could I have a Chocolate..." Melvin started when they neared the counter, but then he remembered Molly didn't like Chocolate Parfait. "...Milkshake," he finished, speaking to a tall young woman with long black hair.

"Coming right up," she replied, while Molly and Melvin sat in Molly's favorite booth beside the counter.

Thank you for helping me," Molly quietly said.

"You're welcome, but..." Melvin started, but Molly held up her hand.

"Please. I...don't ask me right now. I don't have an answer at the moment. When I figure out how to explain it, I will."

The lady behind the counter came over. "Here you go. Will that be all?"

"No. Could I have another straw?" Molly looked out the window to see her mother; Melvin followed Molly's eyes and then nodded to the waitress.

"That will be $2.25."

"Melvin," Molly said, "I'll pay."

"No." He stood, grabbed some change from his pocket and handed the right amount of change to the waitress. "There you go, Sophia."

"Thanks," she replied and left.

Molly finally took a good look at Melvin. He was wearing a brown suit with a tie to match. He looked very handsome. Even to this day Molly was astounded by Melvin's appearance. He was no longer the dweeb that everyone knew him as. About two years ago, Melvin had changed. He now looked very attractive. He no longer wore ridiculous glasses but now used contact lenses. He was tall and had a body like Tuxedo Mask though he wasn't as tall as Tuxedo Mask. He also became athletic. He had joined the high school basketball team and did other sports. He always was working out either at a gym or doing sports. He no longer went on and on about the Internet.

"Melvin, what's the occasion? The last time you wore a suit, it was at your university interview."

"Well, for one thing, the Juuban University said I was too smart for them."

"I'm not surprised," Molly commented. He always was smart, even in high school. He was as smart as Amy when it came to electronics.

"Instead of admitting me as a student, they hired me. They said I have the knowledge and experience of a fourth-year student. Today was my first day."

"That's great. I'm happy for you."

"Yeah. The neat thing is, I'm working here in the city at the Computer Institute."

"That's real good. Sometimes I wish we could turn back the clock."

"Why?"

"I never thought I'd ever say it but I miss the old you. The one who would never shut up about the internet."

"I've come a long way." They noticed Jenna was gone and drank their milkshake in silence, then went their separate ways.

* * * * * * * *

Molly walked into the wax museum. The wax smells were all too familiar to her. She walked down the hall to the rooms with the Mystical Adventure exhibits then realized she had forgotten her purse. She had locked her purse in the car, at least she had the keys.

"Damn! I hate that!" She turned to head for the entrance when all of a sudden some sort of power took over her body. She felt dizzy but kept on walking. As quickly as it came the dizziness was gone and she found herself lost. The walls didn't look the same. They looked ancient.

"Where the hell am I?" she screamed. “I’ve been everywhere and I don’t know these walls.” Then suddenly she saw a door at the end of the hallway. "I don't remember this." She moved to the door found it cracked open. Too curious, she pushed it open to find herself in a small darkened room. It seemed someone else was controlling her body. She took one step and practically fell over, but caught herself. Then she felt around for a light and turned it on.

The room was filled with headless statues. The matching heads were on the other side of the room. Molly moved about the room like someone was controlling her legs, coming to a certain statue that looked familiar. The statue wore a uniform that Molly remembered very well. She felt very relaxed and safe.

Looking around she found the matching head just a few feet away. She knew she couldn't pick it up, but still had the urge to move it to the body. After rolling the head to the statue, Molly sat against the wall, tired. She curled her legs up to her chest and dozed off.

Three scouts, McKenna Park, the golden tiara spinning through the air. Anyone would think she was crazy, but she couldn't let it happen, couldn't let him die. Knowing how cruel he was, she stood between the tiara and the man, but Sailor Moon stopped the tiara before it hit her.

The scene switched to the next night in the park, sitting under a tree with the man, knowing who he really was. She asked if he liked Chocolate Parfait.

"Chocolate Parfait?" he asked, an absolutely baffled look on his face.

Molly couldn't hide her smile, but tried. "Yes," she replied, tying off the bandage on his arm. "Do you like it?"

He blinked twice. "Yes I do."

"You're lying," she accused, smiling, which puzzled him more.

Then she opened her eyes to the sound of a big bang. She wasn't sure if it came from her dream or somewhere outside the room. She looked down to find her purse beside her and a book. "This is way weird," she said a little nervous. She wanted to leave the room, but instead she picked up the book, opened it to the middle and read out loud. She had the strangest feeling that someone was making her read.

"Sana-rep-lip to-grot-ta. What in the world is this? Tame-or Cres-bar eli ment." All of a sudden, bright light came out of the book. It was so bright that she threw the book away and covered her eyes. The light lasted a few moments. Molly was too frightened to uncover her eyes when it was dark again.

Suddenly two gentle hands touched hers, removing them from her eyes. She opened her eyes to a man with long auburn hair, who wore a uniform from the Negaverse. It was Neflite. He was kneeling down beside her. She could feel the warmth coming from his hands and she knew that she wasn’t dreaming. Not knowing what to say or do, she jumped off the floor and into his arms, burying her face in his chest, crying.

"Ah."

Molly pounded on his chest in relieved fury. "You left me. How could you? Where were you? I need you now more than ever." Molly cried. She stopped pounding and moved away to sit on the floor. Neflite picked her up, sitting down, and placed her on his lap, cradling her.

"I didn't mean to leave you," he said soothingly, "Shh...it's ok. Don't cry."

"I'm sorry," she said choking on her tears. "I should go. I have no idea where I am."

"Wait. I want to give you something."

She looked up in surprise. He brushed her tears with his soft gloves and placed her on her feet, so he could stand. He gently took her right hand in his. With the other hand, he reached into his jacket, brought out a small black velvet box, and placed it in her hand.

"I must give you this. It is small, but..."

Her mind raced with everything he had given her already. A beautiful five minutes under a tree, a smile, and a small conversation. It was more than she could ask for. By the time she started to protest, he was no longer beside her.

"Don't go!" she called dropping the box, gift forgotten.

He stopped, turned to her again silently.

"I’m sure with you being back, you may need to battle again, but I don't care. Please stay." She lowered her head so he couldn't see her tears, but looked up as he moved closer.

"I wasn't going to leave. I was just going to shut the door. Don't cry." He reached out with one hand and brushed her tears again. With the other he tilted her chin up, bending closer to her, and pressed his lips to hers. When she felt his lips touch hers, she instinctively wrapped her arms around him. She never wanted the kiss to end. But they did have to breathe. Neflite pulled away to collect his thoughts. He realized Molly didn't want to let go.

"There's one thing I want to say, that I wanted to tell you a long time ago. I love you."

Molly's eyes sparkled with fresh tears. She couldn't believe what he just said.

"Molly, what did you mean you need me now more than ever?"

Molly’s happiness quickly disappeared and her eyes showed fear. She cuddled against him, leaning her head against his chest. "Mother...did something to me...and I...don't know how to handle it. Not even my friends or my ex-boyfriend know." Molly was holding him tight.

"What happened?"

"I..." she looked up into his eyes and saw concern. She really didn’t want to tell him but he needed to know. "I...was…raped," she cried.

"My god!"

"Mother...did it. She...hired four guys because my father died and he left me everything. Mother is jealous. Two days before my birthday the will was found and read. Two months ago...is when all this happened. I found…she’s behind it last month."

"I'm really sorry." He pulled her to him in a tight embrace.

"Thank you." She started calming down. She felt a lot better, since she finally told someone. Needing to change the subject, she remembered about the scouts. "Neflite, there are nine Sailor Scouts, and I know who they are."

"I know, Molly."

Molly looked up as he stared down at her, "What do you mean you know?"

"I have been alive but without having a body because it was trapped in a statue, I seemed like a ghost, that is until you read the spell that released me."

"I don't even know how I got here."

"I do. Someone controlled you like a puppet."

"What?!"

"It's ok. You were the only one who could free me and they knew it. The Negaverse is back. The enemies are back. But..." he pointed out, tapping her nose. "I’m no longer the enemy. There are three others who are no longer an enemy."

They stared at each other for a few minutes, letting the silence get to them.

"There's one thing more," Neflite responded, breaking the dead silence. "I want to kiss you again."

Molly closed her eyes, as Neflite bent down to softly touch her lips. The kiss was brief but sweet. When they parted, Molly looked very tired. He picked her up to carry her outside. When they were outside, Molly was curled up in his arms, asleep.

* * * * * * * *

Serena was walking around, annoying Raye as usual, hoping Mina would soon fall asleep. It was almost midnight and she wasn't even tired. No one was sure what to do about Mina. All they could do was watch her.

Finally, Amara had enough of the silence. "Serena, stop pacing! You're making me dizzy."

Before Amara spoke out, Mina sat in silence, remembering the day she received her mental powers. It was a few weeks after the Starlights left. She dreamt she was in the Palace gardens of the Moon with her mother, Queen of Venus.

"My darling Princess of Venus."

"Mother. But how can this be?"

"Just like Queen Serenity, to Princess Serena, I can reach you through the mind. My daughter, you are now remembering your first life. In that life you were very talented in the arts of the mind. You now need your power but you have to will yourself to learn."

"What do you mean?"

"You have the ability to have premonitions, see the past, present and future, as well as to communicate people through the mind, know as telepathy. Back in the age of the Moon Kingdom premonitions was known as mind travel.

“To learn the power, just allow yourself to remember your past. You are of Moon blood; you can use the Silver Crystal to help you. You don't need to be near the crystal. Just focus in on it and it will do the rest." Mina's mother started to fade like wind.

Before Mina had time to say anything she was gone. Still standing in the garden, as instructed, she focused on the Silver Crystal. Feeling the power of the silver crystal, she then focused her mind on the past. Suddenly she saw the future. The dream ended with her bolting upright in bed. Her vision of the future was still there. In it was a man with a white cape and bleach blond hair. In her vision she was alone with him.

Mina's thoughts were interrupted when she heard Amara speak out. All eyes focused on Amara except for Mina. She sat by Raye's bedroom window, staring towards the woods.

"Amara, please stop hollering, grandpa is sick," Raye replied quietly.

"Fine," she snapped, lowering her voice. "But I can't stand this silence any longer. Mina, why did you scream and faint earlier?"

"Isn't it obvious? She probably saw or thought she saw Malachite again." Serena stopped pacing and sat beside Mina as she responded.

"Why do you say that, Serena?" Trista asked after getting beaten by Amy in a game of chess for the fifth time.

"When Mina fainted, I think I might have seen him too. I caught sight of a long cape disappearing in the alleyway."

Mina looked up for the first time since she sat down. "You saw him."

"I think so. Why?"

"I've been having a dream that he is alive and I'm going to meet up with him alone."

"Is that what you abilities tell you?" a voice asked.

Everyone spun around to see who spoke. To their surprise it was the four sisters.

"Avery," the scouts chimed, except for Mina.

"Yes," Mina responded, turning back to the window.

"Well, we won't let that happen," Prisma responded. "Oh, Serena, thanks for the message."

"You're welcome. Hey, what message?" Serena asked confused.

"The message you left at your house," Katsy answered.

"I didn't leave a message." Serena turned to Darien. "Did I?"

"No. When Mina woke up, we left."

"Well, someone did."

"This is getting weirder by the minute. Let's just go to bed. I'm tired," Mina yawned, getting up and moved to her sleeping bag. Everyone was astonished by her actions but followed her example.

* * * * * * * *

It was about 2:00am when Mina woke up. She knew the others were still asleep, so she got up, grabbed her housecoat, and tiptoed out into the hallway to get a drink and some air. Walking down towards the kitchen, she heard a sound of someone in the kitchen. She ignored the sound, knowing it was only Chad getting a late night snack, and decided to sneak up on him.

"Out for a midnight snack?" Mina asked, standing right behind Chad, who had his nose stuck in the refrigerator.

"Ah." Chad jumped. When he finally caught his breath, he turned to Mina. "Don't do that."

"Sorry, but if Raye finds you..."

"She will chew me out, as usual."

"Don't forget she can do more than chew you out."

"I know," Chad turned to shut the refrigerator door. "I still can't believe it. Raye is Sailor Mars. Well you all are Sailor Scouts."

"How did you learn about us?" Mina asked, getting a drink.

"Well, one day Raye and I were out. A young woman was being jumped. We hid in an alleyway close by. I said we should help. She said fine but I wasn't to tell a single soul, and she transformed into Sailor Mars in front of me. I just put two and two together. Well, I'm off." Chad left for the living room.

"Goodnight." When there was no other noise, Mina left the drink on the table and went outside for some air. She stood on the porch with her hands on the railing, looking up at the night sky. Her long hair blew in the soft breeze.

The stars were nice and bright and the full moon shone with a glow. It made Mina look very beautiful. Her sleeveless nightdress and robe made her look like a beauty queen.

"Oh," she sighed. "I wish it could be like this all the time."

"It can be." A male voice came from behind, answering her. She spun around to see who it was, and looked with frightened eyes when he came out of the shadows.

Mina couldn't move or think, only remember their passion, the way they were twined together, and looked at him. As he moved closer, she tried to let out a scream, but before she had the chance he had one arm around her waist, the other covering her mouth. He pulled her tight against him as she tried to struggle free. He could feel her body through her nightclothes. Finally she stopped struggling, for she knew his strength. When he felt her stop struggling, he removed his hand from her mouth. All she could do was whisper his name.

"Malachite."

"I have been counting on you seeing me today, " he responded quietly, still holding her tight but slowly releasing his grip. When he had her in a loose grip, she jumped out of his embrace and ran towards the woods. Malachite was hot on her trail trying to stop her. Her vision had finally came true.

"Ahhh!" Mina screamed as someone grabbed her arm and pulled her in a headlock and held one of her arms behind her back.

"You are very foolish, Sailor Venus," her attacker said and looked up to see Malachite. "One step closer and your precious young blond dies!"

"Let her go, Tellulu!" Malachite hissed, stopping in his tracks.

* * * * * * * *

The four sisters and the scouts woke to a scream. The scouts noticed Mina was gone and ran outside. As everyone, scouts and sisters, reach the end of the temple's porch, they saw Mina being held in a headlock by Tellulu, and Malachite ten feet away from them.

"What the hell!" Amara said furiously.

In the meantime, Mina was trying to free herself. Malachite, not knowing what to do, stood his ground. His powers were not quite fully up to speed.

"Zoy!"

Tellulu was hit in the back of the head with cherry blossoms and released her hold on Mina. Mina flew right into Malachite's waiting arms. Instantly her arms were around his neck, and his were around her waist. She did not resist his embrace.

"Who the hell...what the hell..." Tellulu, infuriated, climbed to her feet.

"Ok, bitch. Time to move your sorry carcass out of here. You are no match for us," Jedite spoke out, coming into view.

The others had watched as Mina flew into Malachite's arms. Zoisite and Jedite tackled Tellulu. There was something different about Zoisite, she had a man's voice. No one had a clue what to do, and they watched in horror, thinking they would never see Mina again.

"Scouts transform!" Serena called out.

"Sorry, Sailor Brats, but you can't." Tellulu laughed as she held up the transformation wands above her head. "Can't transform without these."

A bolt of lightening hit Tellulu squarely in both hands, making her drop the wands. Jedite, who hit Tellulu, scooted down like sliding to home base, and caught the wands. "You forget, we know these girls," Jedite snickered as he got back to his feet.

"This isn't over yet, Scouts." Tellulu yelled. Knowing she was outgunned, she disappeared.

"Is she all right?" Zoisite asked, helping Malachite remove his cape.

"Yes, she's just a little shaken up," Malachite responded, picking Mina up. She kept her arms around his neck, still not resisting. They walked up to the scouts.

Jedite stood in front of Serena, who was scared stiff. He was the first to speak. "Here, these belong to you ladies," he said, holding the wands to her.

She hesitated at first, but with one look of Mina being comforted by Malachite, she knew who the good guys were. She held her hands out and Jedite placed the wands and locket into her palms.

"Malachite, I think you should let her down," Zoisite said softly.

"She won't let go," Malachite answered.

Zoisite touched Mina's arm. "Don't touch me," Mina screamed. She clung to Malachite stubbornly.

"What's wrong?" Jedite asked with concern.

"Jedite is right. You have been acting weird since the Starlights left," Serena replied, touching Zoisite's arm.

"I..." Mina started.

"It's ok, you can tell us," Malachite said softly.

"It's the Negaverse. They…" Mina cried. She couldn't say anything more.

"That's it!" Zoisite pounded his fist in his hand.

"What's it?" Amy asked. She just clued in why Zoisite was a man. She had a quick flashback of seeing him on the Moon, male.

"The Negaverse came back around the same time the Starlights left. And before you ask, we know about them. We know just about as much as you guys do. And if any of you are wondering, I am now my original self. I used to be a man during the Silver Millennium. Queen Beryl turned me into a woman when she recruited me and since I’m back…"

"I think we get the picture," Lita finished. Everyone was in complete shock except for Trista. She knew him from the days on the Moon. She just couldn’t remember what his connection was though.

"I’m sure with tonight’s display, the Negaverse wants Mina," Michelle said.

"Let's get Mina inside," Raye said. She turned to walk into the Temple, when she spotted Chad at the other end of the porch eating a huge sandwich. "Chad, what are you doing?" she yelled, which made Jedite jump.

"Don't do that," Jedite snapped. Mina let out a giggle. Zoisite stared at her and started to giggle himself. When everyone else heard Mina they burst out laughing, even Jedite.

"I just realized something," Serena laughed. "Here we are laughing with Beryl's generals. What is going on?"

"I don't know, but we better get inside," Trista answered sobering up. She turned and headed inside.

"Why, Trista?" Lita laughed.

"Maybe because it is starting to rain," Amy shouted for joy.

"Yeah!" they all chimed. Hotaru started doing a dance.

"Maybe that's why it's raining," Jedite responded laughing even harder.

"Very funny." Hotaru felt embarrassed.

"It's all right. Jedite likes to do that. Queen Beryl didn't like his sarcasm," Zoisite replied, patting Hotaru's shoulder.

"Let's get in before we get too wet," Amara announced.

When everyone was inside, Malachite asked, without looking at Raye, "Where can Mina sleep?"

"Why?"

"Well, for starters, she's asleep."

"Oh..." she started, "there's a spot on my bedroom floor."

"She is not sleeping on the floor," he snapped at her.

"Here. She can sleep on the sofa. I was watching TV and crashed out. There are blankets on the sofa," Chad said, eating the sandwich. "Here, I'll show you if you want."

"What a grouch," Michelle said after the ex-generals and Chad left the room.

"I think he cares about her." Darien replied, placing his hands on Raye's shoulders to reassure her. "Well, one thing's for sure, they do have the right idea. Let's head back to bed." Amara stretched and headed for the bedroom. The rest of the Scouts followed, and the sisters went in another direction to the guest room.

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